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Bata: The Shoe Brand That Walks the World
Bata: The Shoe Brand That Walks the World
Maryke Dickinson
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![[Durban, 04 December 2025] – Deep in the rural foothills of the Drakensberg Mountains lies Loskop, KwaZulu-Natal – a village that has quietly become the beating heart of one of South Africa’s biggest back-to-school operations. Here, Bata South Africa’s sprawling 65,000m² factory powers the production of Toughees, the country’s toughest, most trusted school shoe brand since 1954. More than 4 million pairs of Toughees are manufactured in Loskop annually.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fe85d2_c05beb70b6d74c7e8d1d18c6d7338373~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1500,h_1000,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/fe85d2_c05beb70b6d74c7e8d1d18c6d7338373~mv2.jpg)
![[Durban, 04 December 2025] – Deep in the rural foothills of the Drakensberg Mountains lies Loskop, KwaZulu-Natal – a village that has quietly become the beating heart of one of South Africa’s biggest back-to-school operations. Here, Bata South Africa’s sprawling 65,000m² factory powers the production of Toughees, the country’s toughest, most trusted school shoe brand since 1954. More than 4 million pairs of Toughees are manufactured in Loskop annually.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fe85d2_c05beb70b6d74c7e8d1d18c6d7338373~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1104,h_736,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/fe85d2_c05beb70b6d74c7e8d1d18c6d7338373~mv2.jpg)
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[Durban, 04 December 2025] – Deep in the rural foothills of the Drakensberg Mountains lies Loskop, KwaZulu-Natal – a village that has quietly become the beating heart of one of South Africa’s biggest back-to-school operations. Here, Bata South Africa’s sprawling 65,000m² factory powers the production of Toughees, the country’s toughest, most trusted school shoe brand since 1954. More than 4 million pairs of Toughees are manufactured in Loskop annually.
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